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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hester fling next to the brook?
(a) Dimmesdale's Bible.
(b) Chillingworth's herbs.
(c) Her bonnet.
(d) Her scarlet letter.

2. Why does Hester stay in New England?
(a) She enjoys whaling.
(b) She enjoys the brisk winter.
(c) It is the scene of her crime.
(d) Her family is there.

3. The title of Chapter 5 refers to what?
(a) Hester's love life.
(b) Hester's work.
(c) Hester's guilt.
(d) Hester's past.

4. According to the narrator, which of the following has NOT been one of Hester's "teachers"?
(a) Shame.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Despair.

5. What, at the end of Chapter 11, is the "only truth" for Dimmesdale?
(a) "The joy in his beating heart."
(b) "The anguish in his inmost soul."
(c) "The mercy of almightly Heaven."
(d) "The malice in Chillingworth's eyes."

Short Answer Questions

1. "Hester at her WHAT" is the title of Chapter 5?

2. While his health is failing, Dimmesdale has achieved what in his profession?

3. Which character seeks to make him or herself "the one trusted friend, to whom should be confided all the fear"?

4. Why do most Puritans fast, according to the narrator?

5. Chillingworth is described as which of the following in Chapter 11?

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